Dear Rachel:

The Library of Congress has a great deal of information available on
this subject.  Check out http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/record.html and
go from there!

Best--

Reine Hauser
Executive Director
The Graycliff Conservancy, Inc
6472 Old Lake Shore Rd
P.O. Box 823
Derby, NY 14047
716/947-9217
http://graycliff.bfn.org

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Behalf Of Rachel Hawthorn
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:53 AM
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Subject: Best practices for video histories

Hello,
We have several videos in our small museum that are recordings of local
town
elders describing the history of the town and their life in it. We also
have
cassette tapes and audio cds of other interviews, most accompanied by a
snapshot of the elder.

Is there an industry wide accepted method for long term preservation of
these materials, allowing access at the same time? They aren't on tapes
of
any major high end quality, and I need to present to the board an idea
of
storing them that will work best on our small small small budget.


Thanks for any suggestions or experienced tales!

Rachel Hawthorn
Curatorial Intern
Historic Society of Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs, Colorado
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